Proverbs 27:10

NETBible

Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away. 1 

NIV ©

Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother’s house when disaster strikes you—better a neighbour nearby than a brother far away.

NASB ©

Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, And do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.

NLT ©

Never abandon a friend––either yours or your father’s. Then in your time of need, you won’t have to ask your relatives for assistance. It is better to go to a neighbor than to a relative who lives far away.

MSG ©

Don't leave your friends or your parents' friends and run home to your family when things get rough; Better a nearby friend than a distant family.

BBE ©

Do not give up your friend and your father’s friend; and do not go into your brother’s house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.

NRSV ©

Do not forsake your friend or the friend of your parent; do not go to the house of your kindred in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is nearby than kindred who are far away.

NKJV ©

Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

KJV
Thine own friend
<07453>_,
and thy father's
<01>
friend
<07453>_,
forsake
<05800> (8799)
not; neither go
<0935> (8799)
into thy brother's
<0251>
house
<01004>
in the day
<03117>
of thy calamity
<0343>_:
[for] better
<02896>
[is] a neighbour
<07934>
[that is] near
<07138>
than a brother
<0251>
far off
<07350>_.
NASB ©
Do not forsake
<5800>
your own friend
<7453>
or your father's
<1>
friend
<7453>
, And do not go
<935>
to your brother's
<251>
house
<1004>
in the day
<3117>
of your calamity
<343>
; Better
<2896>
is a neighbor
<7934>
who is near
<7138>
than
<4480>
a brother
<251>
far
<7350>
away.
LXXM
(34:10) filon
<5384> 
A-ASM
son
<4674> 
A-ASM
h
<2228> 
CONJ
filon
<5384> 
A-ASM
patrwon
<3971> 
A-ASM
mh
<3165> 
ADV
egkataliphv
<1459> 
V-AAS-2S
eiv
<1519> 
PREP
de
<1161> 
PRT
ton
<3588> 
T-ASM
oikon
<3624> 
N-ASM
tou
<3588> 
T-GSM
adelfou
<80> 
N-GSM
sou
<4771> 
P-GS
mh
<3165> 
ADV
eiselyhv
<1525> 
V-AAS-2S
atucwn {V-PAPNS} kreisswn
<2908> 
A-NSM
filov
<5384> 
A-NSM
egguv
<1451> 
ADV
h
<2228> 
CONJ
adelfov
<80> 
N-NSM
makran
<3112> 
ADV
oikwn
<3624> 
N-GPM
NET [draft] ITL
Do not
<0408>
forsake
<05800>
your friend
<07463>
and your father’s
<01>
friend
<07453>
, and do not
<0408>
enter
<0935>
your brother’s
<0251>
house
<01004>
in the day
<03117>
of your disaster
<0343>
; a neighbor
<07934>
nearby
<07138>
is better
<02896>
than a brother
<0251>
far away
<07350>
.
HEBREW
qwxr
<07350>
xam
<0251>
bwrq
<07138>
Nks
<07934>
bwj
<02896>
Kdya
<0343>
Mwyb
<03117>
awbt
<0935>
la
<0408>
Kyxa
<0251>
tybw
<01004>
bzet
<05800>
la
<0408>
Kyba
<01>
*erw {herw}
<07463>
Ker (27:10)
<07453>
NETBible

Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away. 1 

NET Notes

1 sn The meaning of the verse is very difficult, although the translation is rather straightforward. It may simply be saying that people should retain family relationships but will discover that a friend who is available is better than a relative who is not. But C. H. Toy thinks that the verse is made up of three lines that have no connection: 10a instructs people to maintain relationships, 10b says not to go to a brother’s house [only?] when disaster strikes, and 10c observes that a nearby friend is better than a far-away relative. C. H. Toy suggests a connection may have been there, but has been lost (Proverbs [ICC], 485-86). The conflict between 17:17 and 10b may be another example of presenting two sides of the issue, a fairly frequent occurrence in the book of Proverbs.